You have to hurt

"i'm in love with him", she said
with all the innocence of tender years
but somewhere down the road ahead
i could see the same eyes
filled with bitter tears
i had the inclination
to tell her not to drop her guard
to tell her that life can be hard
but i didn't have the heart
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you have to hurt - to understand
you have to get by the best you can
until you hurt - until you cry
you won't know about love
and the reason you're alive
you have to hurt
She said, "i know he'll never leave me
i never felt it deep inside like this before"
it was good to see her, believe me
but i couldn't stand to hear this anymore
All that expectation
too naive to really see
maybe she knew better than me
it was better just to let her be
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Little sister, you're so sweet
thinking love runs smooth
you don't know the half of it
we laugh until we lose
there's no way around it
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